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Incorporating citizen science to enhance public awareness in smart cities: The case study of Balaguer
The concept of a smart city is becoming increasingly popular to improve citizens' quality of life. Institutions are also committed to enhancing the sustainability of cities by implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper presents a Balaguer case study investigating energy demand monitoring, decreasing energy demand, and citizen acceptance in a municipality district. The study collected data from three sources: (1) quantitative data coming from on-site sensors; (2) quantitative data from a simulation of the area; and (3) qualitative data from questionnaires developed with a totem located in the city center. This study shows the importance of citizen science in contributing towards the increased awareness of energy demand, renewable energy, and climate change. But it also shows how citizen science can improve research quality involving the municipality authorities. This study also was instrumental in contributing to the increase in awareness among municipality authorities and capacity building on the topic. This activity may also contribute towards the implementation of actions to reduce the energy demand in public buildings and helping them in deploying policies to decrease energy demand in buildings, increase the use of renewable energy, and increase awareness among citizens. The government will use the information gathered to develop policies for citizen improvement. ; This work was partially funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the European Union Fund under the project ERDF2014-2020. This research was funded within the Italian National program: “AIM: Attrazione e Mobilità Internazionale”, developed by Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca in attuazione del Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON) Ricerca e Innovazione 2014–2020, Asse I “Capitale umano” e nel rispetto della Strategia Nazionale di Specializzazione Intelligente 2014–2020 (SNSI), azioni volte a favorire la mobilità e l’attrazione di ricercatori in ambito universitario. The authors thank the Generalitat de ...
Incorporating citizen science to enhance public awareness in smart cities: The case study of Balaguer
The concept of a smart city is becoming increasingly popular to improve citizens' quality of life. Institutions are also committed to enhancing the sustainability of cities by implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper presents a Balaguer case study investigating energy demand monitoring, decreasing energy demand, and citizen acceptance in a municipality district. The study collected data from three sources: (1) quantitative data coming from on-site sensors; (2) quantitative data from a simulation of the area; and (3) qualitative data from questionnaires developed with a totem located in the city center. This study shows the importance of citizen science in contributing towards the increased awareness of energy demand, renewable energy, and climate change. But it also shows how citizen science can improve research quality involving the municipality authorities. This study also was instrumental in contributing to the increase in awareness among municipality authorities and capacity building on the topic. This activity may also contribute towards the implementation of actions to reduce the energy demand in public buildings and helping them in deploying policies to decrease energy demand in buildings, increase the use of renewable energy, and increase awareness among citizens. The government will use the information gathered to develop policies for citizen improvement. ; This work was partially funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the European Union Fund under the project ERDF2014-2020. This research was funded within the Italian National program: “AIM: Attrazione e Mobilità Internazionale”, developed by Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca in attuazione del Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON) Ricerca e Innovazione 2014–2020, Asse I “Capitale umano” e nel rispetto della Strategia Nazionale di Specializzazione Intelligente 2014–2020 (SNSI), azioni volte a favorire la mobilità e l’attrazione di ricercatori in ambito universitario. The authors thank the Generalitat de ...
Incorporating citizen science to enhance public awareness in smart cities: The case study of Balaguer
Cabeza, Luisa F. (author) / Teixidó Cairol, Mercè (author) / Guarino, Francesco (author) / Rincione, Roberta (author) / Díaz Llobet, Manel (author) / Gil Iranzo, Rosa María (author) / Cellura, Maurizio (author) / Mateu Piñol, Carles (author)
2024-03-19
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
690
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